guirajuba

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi gûyraîuba.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ubɐ
  • Hyphenation: gui‧ra‧ju‧ba

Noun

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guirajuba f (plural guirajubas)

  1. (Brazil) golden parakeet (Guaruba guarouba)
    Synonym: ararajuba

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyraîuba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 139, column 2